Railroad-tie



E. H. SPIERS.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14. I920.

Patented Nov. 16, 192&

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RAILROAD THE. APPLICATION HLED MAY 14, 1920.

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RAILROAD TJE. PLICI'VI'ION FILED MAY I4, 1920.

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UNITED stares PATENT FFEQ.

EDGAR HERBERT SPIER-S, OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR, OF ONE HENRYE. JOHNSON, 0F HAM -HALF T0 ELTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE.

RAILROAD-TIE.

Application filed May 14, 1920.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR HERBERT Srrnns, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chattanooga. in the county of Hamilton and State ofTennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRailroad-Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to an improved railroad tie and one object of theinvention is to provide a tie which will include an improved type ofrail chair so constructed that the rail chairs may be firmlyconnectedwith the body of the tie and to further provide an improved type of railsecuring means for securely but releasably connecting the rails with therail chairs.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the rail chairs thatrailsupports of wood may be associated therewith, thus pennitting therails to be held out of di rect contact with the chairs and preventdamage to the chairs by pounding as a train moves along the tracks.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the chairs that theymay be adjusted longitudinally of the body of the tie and thuspositioned the desired distance apart before being secured to the bodyof the tie.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tie which will be verystrong and durable and not liable to permit the rails to work loose.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, whereinFigure 1 is a top plan view of a section of track having the improvedtic construction in use. 7

Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 isa view similar to Fig. 2 showing a slight modification.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing one manner of connecting thestringers, said view being taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a top plan View of one of the rail chairs.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1920. Serial No. 381,425.

Fig. 7 is a side elevation of one of the rail chalrs.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of one of the rail clamps.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of one of the clamp securing wedges.

F 1g. 10 is a view of a device for connecting the cushioning stringsshown in Fig. 4.

This improved tie is provided with a body 10 which resembles a railroadrail in cross section as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The rail chairs arepositioned upon the end portions of the body 10 and are so constructedthat they will be interchangeable. thus permitting the chairs to beeasily and quickly put in place and further making it unnecessary toprovide right and left hand rail chairs. construction a detailconstruction of one will suflice for both.

The rail chair consists of a solid block 11 which preferably tapersupwardly but which may, if desired, be of an even width throughout itsheight and has its upper face cut away to provide a transverselyextendlng rail seat 12 and seats 13 to receive the clamps 14 whichengage the base of the rail 15 to securely but releasably hold the railin place. Arms 16' extend from the block at a point intermediate itslength and are cut out to provide seats to receive the cushioning block17 upon which will rest the rail, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. From aninspection of Figs. 3 and 4 it will be seen that each rail chair may beprovided with a sepa rate cushioning block or the cushioning block maybe which extend between the ties with their ends fitting into the seatsof the rail chairs. It will be further noted that when cutting the railseat 12 it may terminate substantially flush with the upper face of thebar or body 10 of the tie or it may be cut to a point intermediate thedepth of the head of this bar, as shown in Fig. 3 and the head portionof this bar cut to provide a seat receiving the neck portion 17 of thecushioning block 17. In each form however the Since the chairs are ofduplicate in the form of stringers 17 rail will be supportedout ofdirect contact tend transversely of the track beneath the rails 15. Therail seats will 'be placed upon the end portions of the bars 10 byhaving the bars passed through the open ended slots 19 which extendlongitudinally through the chairs. After. the chairs have been properlypositioned upon the bar the securing bolts 20 will be passed throughregistering openings formed in the bar and chairs and securing nuts 21will be put in place to tightly secure the chairs upon the bar. Thecushioning block 17 will then be put in place as shown in Fig. 3 or ifthe stringers 18 are used they will be put in t5 place'as shown in Fig.5 and secured either by bolts 22 whichextend through the seats 16 or byconnecting rods 23 which will be constructed as shown in Fig. 10 andwill be positioned to extend from one stringer to another across theseats 12 with their end portions driven into and embedded in the endportions of the stringer. The rails 15 will now be put in place and willrest upon the cushioning blocks and extend through the rail seats 12.After the rails are in place the rail securing dogs 14 will be put inplace as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and the wedges 24 will then pass throughopenings formed as shown in Fig. 2 and will extend above and inengagement with the dogs. These dogs are curved longitudinally and arepro vided with flattened forward under faces which will rest fiat uponthe base of the rail and are provided with enlarged end portions 25forming heels which extend into the end portions of the seats 13, asshown clearly in Fig. 1. It will thus be. seen that when the wedges areput in place and drawn tight by the nuts 26 the securing dogs will 40 beheld in tight gripping engagement with the rail and thus the rail issecurely but releasably held in place. If it is desired to remove therail it is simply necessary to withdraw the securing wedges and the railwill then be disconnected from the tie. It will thus be seen that therehas been provided a tie so constructed that the rail chairs may beproperly positioned according to the distance it is desired to have therails positioned from each other and further that there has beenprovided a tie so constructed that the rail may be easily and securelyconnected with the tie and damage to the rail chairs prevented. What isclaimed is 1. A railroad tie comprising a body, and rail supporting andsecuring means at each end of the body, eachof last mentioned meanscomprising a chair having a longitudinally extending slot receiving thetie to slidably mount the chair upon the tie, fasteners extendingthrough the chair and tie to hold the chair in place, side arms for thechair with outer end faces to provide cush- 5 ion receiving seats, thechair being cut from rail base.

2. A railroad tie comprising a body, a rail 7 5 chair at each endslidably mounted upon the body and releasably held in a set positionthereon, the chair being provided with side arms out to provide cushionreceiving seats and the chair having its upper face out to provide arail seat positionedbetween the cushioned seats and fastener receivingseats positioned upon opposite sides of the rail seat and communicatingtherewith, rail engaging dogs loosely positioned in the fastenerreceiving seats and extending over the rail seatfor engagement with thebase of a rail, and securing wedges extending through the fastenerreceiving seats above the dogs for moving the dogs into tight engagementwith a rail and holding the dogs in place.

3. A tie comprising a body having an angle iron construction in crosssection, a rail chair slidably mounted upon each end portion of the bodyand releasably held in a set position thereon, arms extending from thechair upon opposite sides of the tie and cut to provide cushionreceiving seats, cushioning means positioned in the seats for supportingthe rail out of direct contact with the chair, the chair being out toprovide fas-- tener receiving seats, rail engaging dogs positioned inthe fastener receiving seats and extending. for engagement with the baseof a rail upon opposite sides thereof, and means for engaging the dogsto retain the same in tight engagement with the rail base.

4. A tie comprising a body, a rail chair slidably mounted upon each endof the body and cut to provide a rail seat and fastener receiving seatsupon opposite sides of the rail seat, said fastener receiving seatshaving their outer end portions under cut to provide over hanging lips,the chair being further provided with cushion receiving seats uponopposite sides of the rail seat, rail fastening dogs. the fastenerreceiving seats having their outer end portions extending into theundercut end portions of 12 the seats and having their inner endportions extended for engagement with the base of a rail, and means forretaining the dogs in tight engagement with a rail extending through therail seat and resting upon cushions positioned in the cushion receivingseats.

5. A tie comprising a body, a rail chair slidably mounted upon each endof the body and out to provide a rail seat and cushion receiving seatsupon opposite sides of the rail seat, the body of the tie within theseat being cut to provide a pocket, a cushioning device having endportions fitting into the cushion receiving seats and an intermediateportion connecting the end portions and extending through the rail seatand pocket, and means for engaging a rail to retain the same in tightengagement with the cushions.

6. A railroad tie comprising a body, a rail chair slidably mounted uponeach end of the body and releasably held in a set position thereon, thechair being provided with a rail seat and with fastener receiving seatsupon opposite sides of the rail seat,

rail engaging dogs positioned-in the fas tener receiving seats andextended for en-V gagement with the base portion of a rail, the dogsbeing curved longitudinally, and tapered wedge members extendingtransversely through the seats and engaging the dogs to move the dogsinto engagement with a rail and retain the dogs in tight engage- Inenttherewith.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDGAR HERBERT SPIERS.

Witnesses:

A. L. HUNTER, CHAS. RoB'r. JONES.

